Wire-block stripper



. Dec. 18; 1923. v 1,477,687

E. F1 EHRC VVPJ WIRE' BLOCK STRIPPER Filed Feb. 8, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 [Weider: ZW/f M y 50W/Af Faq/V05 fan/N,

Dec. 18,1923. 1,477,687

E; F. BROWN WIRE BLOCK STRIPPER Filed Feb. 8, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ingenio?.-

(fm/@M1 Dec. 18 1923.

. 1,477,687 E. F. BROWN v WIRE BLOCK'STRIPPER Filed Feb. 8, 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 /ivi lPaented Dec. 18, 1923.. uNirEp fs'rmas rerum orrica.

'HIO, ASSIGNOR T0 THE AMERICAN STEEL .An CQRPOBATIO'N 0F NEW JERSEY.

EDWIN rmiiicrs BnowN, or cL'EvELAND,

' D wlmi COMPANY oreivnw JERSEY,

WIRE-BLOCK STEIPPER.

imputation inea February s, i925. semi ivo. 617,767. T o all whom it may concern: showing the stripping member in position 55 DwiN FnANCis under a bundle of wire.

Beloit known that I, i

United States, an Figure 3 is a sectional elevation on the BROWN, a citizen` oi the nty oi line Hlm-HI of Figure 2.

resident of Cleveland, in the cou t Ohio, have invented Figure f1 is a transverse section on the line ovements in IV--IV or Figure 1. x which the ollw' ,ii/Referring more particularly to the drawin is a specification.` in s, the numeral 2 designates the block as his invention relates to wire drawing a whole which comprises a circular base poi- 4i0 mechanism and more particularly to wire tion 3 and a body or drum portion on drawing blocks and bundle stripping memwhich the bundles oi wire are adapted t0 '65 be wrapped.

bers adapted to cooperate therewith, and has The body portion 4 of the block 2 is proor its object the provision of a bun e vided with a plurality o -slots 5 into which stripping member adapted to be positioned bundles the legs 6 of the strippino member 7 are under the bundles oi wires after the adapted to be inserted. be slots 5 are 7 have been orm flared upwardl to facilitate the entrance I A still further obj ect is to provide a drawmber having the of the legs 6 of the stripping member 7, an

ing block and stripping me n novel design, construction and combination their lower ends 8 extend into the upper tace The rear walls 9 of of parts described in the ollowing specitiof the base portion cation and illustratedin the accompanying the slots 5 are inclined downwardly and outdrawings. wardly to form cam or wedging surfaces Heretoiore, the stripping members emadapted vto force the legs 6 of the stripping o the lower en s ployed for removing bundles of wire Jirom member `7 outwardly int of the slots 5 uri-der the bundle A oi wire.

drawing blocks have been positioned on the blocks before' the wire was wrapped thereon The slots 5 are substantially rectangular in and the wire when wrapped on the body cross section at their lower en and are ortion of the block also was engaged on sufficiently deep to permit the legs 6 of the member 7 to move freely under the bundl in member and block, therefore, necessiof wire.

` er mem- The stripping member 7 is collapsible ani is adapted to be in collapsed position w e ber`on the block ater each bundle of wire bundle could be entered in the slots 5. The member 7 con A started, and required the use of two strippers prises a spider head member 10 composed i for eac d a central body portion 1()a having a ver. nged aperture 11 therein an rac idle, until the stripping member previously cally arra removed -rom the block had discharged the ating rigid arms 12.

arms 12 are bifurcated, providing ears bundle carried thereby an had been returned for use. v The legs 6 are pivotally mounted betwe With the present invention the stripping the ears 13 on ins member is not positioned on the block until A v `rranged bolt 15 is recip ar'ter'the bundle is ormed, and, therefore, a new bundle may be started on the block provided with an enlarg rd moven immediately after thev previously formed has been removed, thus providing and is p the blocks, and also one jacent the upper en stripping member may serve a plurality of. in attaching the strip blocks.

1n the drawings-# N A second spider head member 18 is mf Figure 1 is a side elevation oi a stripping ed on the bolt 15 adacent its lower enc is held in position member, the dotted lines showing the posia n e 'tion oi the diierent parts in collapsed posimember 18 is provi ed with a plur li pairs of ears 1.9a between which are piv tion. c

Figure 2 is a top plan ofa drawing block mounted links 20 on pms collapsed position 11 is then raised to lift the bundle of wire p ortion and said base portion being prog p A 1,477,687

The outer ends of the links 20 are bifiir` said stripping. member for locking said 60 cated, providing ears 22 between which the bundle engaging arms in position. legs 6 ere pivotally secured by pins .23. 3. Thev combination with a wire drawing a a cause the links 20 to pull the legs inwardly of a collapsible stripping member having a to collaprsed position, as shown in dotted p luralitylof bundle engaging arms adapted lines in igure 1. to enter said slots when in collapsed posil he legs Gare bent outwardly at their tion and to .be automatically moved out- 70 lower ends to provide supporting portions wardly by the walls of said slots into posi- 6a adaptedto underlie the bundles of wire A. tion under the bundle formed on said block,

latch member is pivotallyI mounted and means on said stripping me on ears 27 projecting upwardly'from the locking said bundle engaging arms. in posihead 10, an is adapted to be engaged over tion under said bundle. l 75 lugs 26 on the bolt l5 to'lock the bolt 15 and -4.The combination with a wire drawing y head 1 against relative movement when it block vadapted to have `a bundle of wireis desired to Jstrip the wire from thebloek. formed thereon and comprising a base orn operation, the stripping member is tion, a cylindrical body portion of less first collapsed by releasingA the .latch 25 diameter than said: base portion, said body- 80 from'the bolt 15 while the stripping memportion and said base portion being provided er is\suspended from a crane or other liftwith vertical slots the back .walls of which ing element. The head l0 will then move are inclined downwardly. and outwardly downwardly along the bolt A by gravity, from the upper end of said body portion, while thelinks will pull in thev legs 6 to of a collapsible stripping member having a 85 e, plurality of bundle engagin arms adapted While the stripping member is in colto enter said slots when inco apsed position, apsed position, it is lowered onto the block and to automaticall moved outwardlyv 2, the legs 6 being positioned in the 4slots 5, bythe inclined back wa s of said slots into this extended position, ,the latch is locked tion, -a cylindrical body .portion of less over the lugs 26 a d th I i from the block.

claiml. vThe combination with a. wire drawing wardly from the up er end of said bod block adapted to have a bundle of wire. 1portion, of a collapsi le stripping.A member slots therein, of a stripping member having adapted to enter said slots when in col a dl a plurality of bundle engaging arms adapted position, and te be automaticallyfmoved outto enter said slots and engage the bundle wardly-'by the inclined back walls of said e combination with a wire drawing said lock, and a manuallyoperated-latch 110 llapsed position and to be automatically signed myname y oved outwardly into osition under the indle formed onsaid b ook, and means on EDWIN FRANCIS BROWN. 

